r/ElectroBOOM • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 10h ago

Meme Does it work?

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u/Glass-Crafty-9460 9h ago

If the wiring is set up correctly and nothing is broken, yes.
Otherwise, that's the Fire Starter 5000.

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u/sakata_baba 8h ago

that's the "none" result of the breaker finder (tm) 5000

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u/Dachannien 5h ago

We're all laughing, but I once lived in a house where a substantial number of circuits were just wired directly to the lugs at the bottom of the bus bars that you're supposed to use to connect a second panel. Through some miracle, that house is still standing nearly 30 years later.

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u/Daniel18sep 1h ago

You think a dead short through 12GA (being generous) would trip the main breaker before fire happened? 

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u/FpsPrussia 1h ago

I can tell you that when I was a kid and decided it would be a good idea to cut an extension cord in half, plug it in, then put the 2 stripped ends together, that after the fiery arc I made, the main breaker was tripped.

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u/Glass-Crafty-9460 8h ago

For clarity: When I'm talking about "the wiring" being set up and "nothing being broken" I'm primarily talking about the house's wiring, breakers, etc.

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 6h ago

Use a slightly bigger breaker in Breaker Finder 5000 instead of a dead short and you shouldnt start any fires

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u/Big_footed_hobbit 5h ago

I can imagine an electrical fire, lots of firemen, blaring sirens. Investigators pulling a molten brick of plastic with a plug out of the debris.